Golf-club.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

F. W. BREWSTER.

- GOLF CLUB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1901.

shell, (1, made of aluminium alloy, preferably alumlnlum-copper, or alumimum-zlnc, and

PATENT oiuuon.

GOLF-CLUB Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4,19os.

Application filed June 5, 1907. Serial No. 377,343.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. 1, Flowers WEN'rwonTn Bnmvs'rnn, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at Bournemouth, 'llampshire, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Golf (lubsg and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the same.

This invention relates to improved com- )osite golf-clubs wherein the head is made longer than, broad and has one of its ends arranged transversely to the length of said head and adapted as the striking face and its other end tapered, and is secured crosswise to one end of the shaft, which passes through the center part of the head in an inclined direction, and has for its objectto facilitate the manufacture of such olf-clubs of the exact desired shape, weight and balance.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the head and part of the shaft of a golf-club suitable for use as a driver and embodying the present improvements, the same being shown by way of example, as the invention is equally well ap )licable in constructing other forms of golf-clubs such as baflies, brassies, cleiks, mashies, mashie-niblicks, niblicks, and putters.

Figure 1 is an elevation looking from the position a player would occupy when using the golf-club; Fig. 2 is an elevation at right angles to Fig. 1, looking from its left hand side; Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a vertical sect-ion on 4 4, Fig. 3, looking from below; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sec,- tional plan on 5-5, Fig. 1.

The head of the golf-club comprises a a core composed of complementary wedges, b, b made of a material of much lighter specific gravity, such as wood-pulp, apier mach, leather, or wood, preferab y the latter.

The shell is cast and has its outer conformation adapted acccording to the particular golf-club required to be produced. The shell has a single horizontal throughhole 0 extending transversely from side to side and having the opposite parts of its walls parallel longitudinally of the throughhole. The wedges b, b are together made to fit the through-hole and are located by being forced thereinto respectively from opposite ends of the through-hole, previously to which eementitious matter 18 applied to the walls of the through-hole and sides of the wedges to aid in their securenient.

I), is a tongue, and b a groove formed on the respective wedges to increase. their contact surfaces and obtain an extended adhesive area, so that the wedges are united together to form a practically integral core and mutually secure one. another in position.

'If the head is required to have a wooden face, the shell is also cut with a face recess, a, leaving a substantial wall, a, between said recess and the through hole, a, and a wood block, 1), preferably of jarrah, oak, ash or other suitable hard wood is forced into such recess with its grain running in the longitudinal direction of the head.

0, represents the lower end of the shaft which is formed with a rectangular shoulder, 0, adapted to engage a rectangular recess, "0. in the upper wall of the shell and to rest on the upper surface of the wedge, b, and is formed with a cylindrical or slightly tapered continuation, which passes through inclined holes, I), a", respectively in the Wedge, b, and the lower wall of the shell. The wedges being firmly united together as aforesaid, the shaft end thus absolutely secures both thereof in position against displacement.

d, is a pin passing transversely from side to side of the wedge, b, and through the shaft continuation, c and serving to secure in position the shaft.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A golf-club head comprising a shell made of aluminium alloy and longer than broad, and having one of its ends arranged transversely and adapted as a striking face, and its other end ta cred, and having a horizontal transverse y arranged throughhole extending from side to side and having the opposite parts of its walls parallel longitudinally of the through-hole, and a core of relatively light specific gravity composed of complementary wedges fitting said throughhole, and mutually securing one another in position and having cementitious matter applied to their sides, substantially as described.

2. In a golf-club, in combination, a head comprising a shell made of aluminium alloy and longer than broad, and having one of its ends arranged transversely and adapted as a striking face, and its other end tapered, and having a horizontal transversely arranged through-hole extending from side to side and having the opposite parts of its Walls parallel longitudinally of the through-hole, and a core of relatively light specific gravity composed of complementary wedges fitting said through-hole and mutually securing one another in position and having cementitious matter applied to their sides, a shaft one end of which passes through approximately the center of said head and through said core in an inclined transverse direction, and means fastening said shaft in position, substantially as described.

3. In a golf-club, in combination, a head com rising a shell made of aluminium alloy and onger than broad, and having one of its ends arranged transversely and adapted as a striking face, and its other end tapered, and having a horizontal transversely arranged through-hole extending from side to side and having the opposite parts of its walls parallel longitudinally of the through-hole, and a core of relatively light specific gravity composed of complementary wedges fitting said through-hole and engaging one another by a tongue and groove connection and i having cementitious matter applied to their sides, a shaft one end of which passes through alpproximately the center of said head and t rough said core in an inclined transverse i direction, and a pin transversely passing through said shaft and said core substantially as described. 4. In a golf-club, in combination, a head comprising a shell made of aluminium alloy and longer than broad, and having one of its ends arranged transversely and adapted as a striking face, and its other end tapered, and having a horizontal transversely arranged through-hole extending from side to side, and a core of relatively light specific gravity composed of complementary wedges fitting said through-hole and engaging one another by a tongue and groove connection and having cementitious matter applied to their sides, a shaft one end of which is formed with a rectangular shoulder which engages a corresponding recess in the upper wall of said shell and rests on said core, and is formed with a cylindrical continuation which passes through inclined transverse holes in said core and the lower wall of said shell, and a pin transversely passing through. said shaft and said core, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my and in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD HENRY BONE, WILLIAM JAMES MORLEY. 

